Data as of Oct 5, 2026A question buyers ask in Object Storage & Image CDN Services.
Reviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky ·
Cloudflare R2 holds a narrow lead over AWS, regularly pointed to for scalable file storage that eliminates egress bandwidth fees. When teams look broadly for a general file upload API and storage service, Amazon is the usual answer.
cost-effective storage with no egress fees for high download volume
broad foundational infrastructure for handling large-scale file uploads and storage
media-heavy workloads needing built-in image transformation and automatic resizing
developer-friendly storage integrated directly into modern application backends
secure cloud storage buckets for housing processed user uploads
We ask the same underlying question in different ways.
Amazon is the usual answer when teams ask generally where to store user-uploaded files. The discussion frequently contrasts raw cloud storage backends with specialized APIs that handle media transformations and CDN delivery.
